Tag: History curriculum
Are movies a good way to learn history?
Scott Alan Metzger, Pennsylvania State University
Hollywood loves history. At this year’s Academy Awards, three nominees for Best Picture (“Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge” and...
How should World War I be taught in American schools?
Kyle Greenwalt, Michigan State University
April 6 marks the centenary of the United States’ entry into World War I. But how should Americans...
Colorado curriculum kerfuffle showed activism can beat vested interests
By Mark Paige, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Students in Jefferson County, Colorado, popularly known as JeffCo, have learned an important civics lesson about their power...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
